Roofing-tile.



No. 801,736. PATENTBD OCT. 10, 1905. W. B. MIKSGH.

ROOFING TILE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROOFING-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed February 28, 1906. Serial No. 247,764.

To a]! whom it may concern..-

Be it known thatI, YVENZEL ERNST MIKsCI-I, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of Vienna, in Austria-Hungary, have invented a certain new and useful Roofing-Tile, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tiles formed either by molding each one separately or by cutting lengths from a continuous strip of clay, and it especially relates to grooved roofing-tiles having ribs or lips on their under side, which lips rest on the roof-laths, and according to this invention these ribs engage the laths by means of shoulders and are provided above the said shoulders with grooves in the case of continuously-formed tiles and with recesses in the case of separately-molded tiles, which recesses extend inward to such an extent that at the joint of the tiles the head of a doubleheaded hook, serving to hold two adjacent tiles to be secured to the roof-lath in position, can be introduced flat between the ribs and then turned transversely, whereby the tiles are secured. The said double-headed hook is then secured to the roof-lath. In this way the roof is covered in a perfectly secure and weatherproof manner, as the double hooks are completely inclosed and the tiles are held by the hook directly over the point at which the ribs engage the laths. This, in combination with the grooving, prevents rain or snow from driving under and gales from lifting off the tiles.

A tile according to this invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of a molded grooved tile, and Fig. 2 an inverted plan of same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a continuous tilecovering with a portion of a ridge-tile. Fig. 3 shows the covering and the fixing of molded grooved tile on a larger scale. Fig. 4: is a plan, and Fig. 5 an inverted plan, of a continuous tile. Fig. 6 shows the covering and fixing of continuously-formed grooved tiles, and Fig. 6 the covering and fixing of the same on a larger scale. Fig. '7 is an end view of continuously-formed grooved tiles placed on the top of each other with their support and fixing. Fig. 8 is a plan of a ridge-tile suitable for securing by a hook, and Fig. 9 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 10 is an end view of a ridge-tile. Fig. 11 shows the double hook used for fixing.

The grooved tile is provided with the usual lateral grooves (1/ and lower lateral carrying ribs or lips 7), which rest with shoulders c on the roofing-laths, whereby the rooting-tile is maintained in an oblique position, while in molded grooved tiles, Figs. 1 and 2, the bottom edge (Z of the tile, projecting beyond the carrying-ribs Z), overlaps the beaded edge e of the next lower molded grooved tile, and thus not only prevents the latter from sliding down the roof, but also prevents rain and snow from driving in. In the continuous-grooved tiles this is eflected by a larger amount of overlapping. Lateral as well as downward movement of grooved tiles is prevented, according to this invention, by two tiles, whether molded or continuous, arranged next to each other, being held fast at their opposite support ribs or lips Z) by means of a double book 1", which in the ease of molded grooved tiles engages the recess g by means of its double head, and in the case of continuously-formed tiles the said double head engages the groove g, the said hook being secured to the roofing-lath in any suitable manner for example, by means of a wire nail passing through its eye, as shown in Figs. 3, 3, 6, and 6 of the drawings.

The covering of a roof with the above-described grooved tiles is effected in the usual manner. The double-headed hooks f are introduced from the bottom of the roof, with their double heads parallel to the tile, between the two recesses r or grooves g of each two adjoining grooved tiles. Then by turning the hook through an angle of ninety degrees it is caused to engage with the said recesses or grooves, whereupon the hook is secured to the roofing-lath, as above described. The covering of the roof is thus effected in a very simple manner, and just as simple is any removal or exchange of single tiles, which can be easily effected by removing the doubleheaded hook, this being possible without loos ening the adjoining tiles.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A roofing-tile comprising a body, ribs pro- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WENZEL ERNST MIKSCH.

Witnesses:

ALVESTO S. HOGUE, AUGUST FUGGER. 

